Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 42.8 years in 1994: 45.3 for women and 40.4 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 4,346,218 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 38.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

42.8

Women

45.3

Men

40.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

172.8

Deaths

4,346,218

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

619

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

510

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	103.20	121.53	45.3	40.4
1-4	19.40	20.68	49.1	44.4
5-9	7.11	7.04	48.9	44.1
10-14	4.97	5.11	45.6	40.6
15-19	7.18	9.73	41.7	36.6
20-24	9.44	14.12	38.1	33.3
25-29	11.66	16.09	34.8	30.5
30-34	14.26	19.05	31.7	27.9
35-39	16.29	22.16	28.9	25.4
40-44	18.10	24.21	26.1	23.1
45-49	18.20	24.72	23.4	20.7
50-54	21.06	28.13	20.4	18.1
55-59	26.25	34.36	17.3	15.5
60-64	36.58	46.08	14.4	12.9
65-69	50.80	60.97	11.8	10.7
70-74	70.62	81.75	9.5	8.6
75-79	97.69	113.21	7.5	6.7
80-84	140.12	164.65	5.8	5.1
85-89	201.61	238.83	4.4	3.8
90-94	280.18	329.74	3.3	2.9
95-99	374.62	431.95	2.6	2.3
100+	491.38	547.74	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 1994

Year

Country